Nature reserve · Minnesota

Oxcart Crossing Wildlife Management Area

Oxcart Crossing Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Oxcart Crossing Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Mount Tom stands 419 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Milton Kjeldahl Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.51592, -94.99945

11.4 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Milton Kjeldahl Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Gravel Pit 1676 Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Vision Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Gravel Pit 1062 Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
Edward Raymond Mohs Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi

Parks55

Brooten Park: 6.0 mi
City Park: 6.4 mi
Meire Grove Park: 10.1 mi
Spring Hill County Park: 10.9 mi
Oak Township County Park: 13.5 mi

Peaks3

Mount Tom: 13.2 mi
Little Mt. Tom: 13.3 mi
Badger Hill: 13.7 mi

Museums3

Melrose Area Museum: 14.3 mi
Paynesville Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
Pope County Historical Museum: 20.6 mi

Artworks1

Giant Crow Statue: 5.0 mi

Attractions1

A maze'n Farmyard: 22.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oxcart Crossing Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tom	S 187°	419 m	13.2 mi
Little Mt. Tom	S 187°	408 m	13.3 mi
Badger Hill	S 187°	405 m	13.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:53	19:33
June solstice	05:32	20:27	21:13
September equinox	07:08	18:40	19:19
December solstice	07:58	15:50	16:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	10	14	27	42	56	67	70	68	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.6	3.6	4.2	4.3	3.8	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Melrose, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657676

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